VN Ren'Py Abandoned Glimpses of the Past [v0.4.0] [MrStarRaccoon]

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Holy Bacchus

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Just finished my first run through of this game and it has honestly jumped straight into my top 5. Wonderful characters, intriguing story, beautiful renders, and nice animations. It ticks every box for me. (y) The only complaint is that I now have to wait for the next update. :cry:

Fave girls so far (and probably won't change) are Lisa and Catherine. Much prefer the girls who like a nice, romantic type guy which is why I like Lisa and Catherine very much has me feeling nostalgic for my first crush. I do somewhat like Lana as well for the same reasons I like Lisa, but since she's from out of town I feel it might be more a fleeting romance than anything else and not something to really get attached to.

I also find it quite interesting, and I'd guess intentional, that all female characters seem to come in pairs (Lana and Amanda, Lisa and Monica, Catherine and Zoe) and that each pair also seems to have one who is the wilder of the 2; Amanda and Monica being the obvious ones, but Zoe also seemed like she might have that same kind of wild streak in her too.

So, yeah, overall this game has really impressed me and I think I might just have to add Lisa and Catherine to my harem sig. :giggle:

Just a few questions to finish off:
  • I got the scene with Catherine on the balcony but didn't get the kiss that I see in the image files, so what are the requirements for that to happen?
  • What triggers the dream sequence with Lana/Amanda?
  • Since the Lisa of chapter 1 and the Lisa of chapter 3 are drastically different in appearance, both the hair and model, are there any plans to update the earlier renders?
  • Finally, what exactly does "take the eggs in your fist" mean? :unsure:

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Oh, and one final point about the history between the MC and Catherine...
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Holy Bacchus said:
Just finished my first run through of this game and it has honestly jumped straight into my top 5. Wonderful characters, intriguing story, beautiful renders, and nice animations. It ticks every box for me. (y) The only complaint is that I now have to wait for the next update. :cry:

Fave girls so far (and probably won't change) are Lisa and Catherine. Much prefer the girls who like a nice, romantic type guy which is why I like Lisa and Catherine very much has me feeling nostalgic for my first crush. I do somewhat like Lana as well for the same reasons I like Lisa, but since she's from out of town I feel it might be more a fleeting romance than anything else and not something to really get attached to.

I also find it quite interesting, and I'd guess intentional, that all female characters seem to come in pairs (Lana and Amanda, Lisa and Monica, Catherine and Zoe) and that each pair also seems to have one who is the wilder of the 2; Amanda and Monica being the obvious ones, but Zoe also seemed like she might have that same kind of wild streak in her too.

So, yeah, overall this game has really impressed me and I think I might just have to add Lisa and Catherine to my harem sig. :giggle:

Just a few questions to finish off:
  • I got the scene with Catherine on the balcony but didn't get the kiss that I see in the image files, so what are the requirements for that to happen?
  • What triggers the dream sequence with Lana/Amanda?
  • Since the Lisa of chapter 1 and the Lisa of chapter 3 are drastically different in appearance, both the hair and model, are there any plans to update the earlier renders?
  • Finally, what exactly does "take the eggs in your fist" mean? :unsure:

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Oh, and one final point about the history between the MC and Catherine...
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Lisa is my favorite here, and she looks better and better as time goes on:love:, yet, please, dont try to plant a wrong (revamp) ideas into the devs head there...:BootyTime: (there is already more than enough of games being "revamped")
Regarding "take the eggs in your fist" phrase, it could be a bit unfortunate translation of russian saying/phrase "взять яйца в кулак" meaning have courage to do (hard) things (take/squeeze life for the balls)
 
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Lisa is my favorite here, and she looks better and better as time goes on:love:, yet, please, dont try to plant a wrong (revamp) ideas into the devs head there...:BootyTime: (there is already more than enough of games being "revamped")
Regarding "take the eggs in your fist" phrase, it could be a bit unfortunate translation of russian saying/phrase "взять яйца в кулак" meaning have courage to do (hard) things (take/squeeze life for the balls)
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Well then in that case they could replace "take the eggs in your fist" with something like "be a man" and/or "have the balls" which is much more what a native English speaker would say. So that line should perhaps read, "I thought at least now you'd be a man and have the balls to tell me everything."

Also, I'm not saying anything about a "revamp" like Shut Up and Dance or Where It All Began, just changing the 28 renders from eps 1 and 2 for a consistent look which doesn't seem like too much.

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About a girl who was nearly hit by a truck .:
MC thinks he has seen her before. If they already met, then perhaps there was some common history with them. I wonder (if they have already met), then now (when he saved her) - does she remember him too (while pretending that she doesn't know him) or not?
In any case, I think that MC and this girl will meet in the future (and maybe they will often communicate with each other)! - (Interesting to see this!)
 
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I'm interested to see the continued communication and meetings of MC with Amanda!
I would like to see further development of the relationship between MC and Amanda! (I hope this is possible on the Kind path too.)
I hope everything goes great with MC and Amanda!
 
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About a girl who was nearly hit by a truck .:
MC thinks he has seen her before. If they already met, then perhaps there was some common history with them. I wonder (if they have already met), then now (when he saved her) - does she remember him too (while pretending that she doesn't know him) or not?
In any case, I think that MC and this girl will meet in the future (and maybe they will often communicate with each other)! - (Interesting to see this!)
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J1215 said:
I'm interested to see the continued communication and meetings of MC with Amanda!
I would like to see further development of the relationship between MC and Amanda!
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J1215 said:
Interesting game! Beautiful girls in the game! I hope everything will be great with MC and girls!
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a hint: usually there is no need to spam multiple posts (as above) - you can freely edit your first post instead.
 
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Hello, friends.



I am very appreciative to everyone who supported me and continues to do it. I know that there are people who didn't understand some moments in the game, maybe someone just got confused in the story, and someone just wants to predict how it was. If you are really interested in the story, and you want to ask a question about the moments that you didn't understand, you can write to the group in the discord. I will be glad to answer your questions.

About the long delays in updates.

There are people who understand how long this process takes, and there are those who do not know what the problem is to make a quick update. I will just give some examples of my own.

Scene: setting up the scene in general. Add the right objects and remove the wrong ones . The correction of many small details.

Characters : find the right one, adjust textures, create and adjust morphs, adjust shaders, apply and correct almost every position. For each render, change the facial expression.

Adjust the lighting and cameras. If you change the position of the characters in the location, then you need to reconfigure the lights and sometimes shaders for skin and more.

I admit that I have a lot of mistakes in renderings, but I still try to pay a lot of attention to details (stretching, removing clothes, dents on pillows, on the bed, etc.) it is done manually.

Sometimes some scenes are loaded for a long time in the previewer. And it takes a lot of time to configure the scene for 1 rendering.

Overnight my video card can process about 4-6 renders. Sometimes I have to rework some of them.

After that, I process each rendering in Photoshop and other programs.

Then under these renderings I write dialogues, so that the mimic and emotions of the characters as clearly as possible resemble the dialogues themselves. In the process of all this, the story is rewritten several times, the plot changes.

There are many different buggies and sorties in the Daz program. Especially with animations.



Right now I am working on additional content for the novel. This project will be called "Memory Room". In this room there will be an Album with photos, where some moments from the past MC will be shown. Letters, which will also display part of the story and the feelings of other characters for MC. And a diary, in which the MC will write down his memories and guesses. These memories will help to reveal the whole story in more detail.
I will gradually fill this room with content, and every month you will receive an update for it.
Involuntary memory (5$) - Letters
Arbitrary memory ($10) - Letters, diary entries
Emotional memory ($ 20) - Letters, diary entries, photos with history
I will try to make the next update faster, but then I will have to reduce the number of renderings and content.
The next part of the third episode is already in development.
I wish everyone good health and success in personal life.

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Hello, friends.



I am very appreciative to everyone who supported me and continues to do it. I know that there are people who didn't understand some moments in the game, maybe someone just got confused in the story, and someone just wants to predict how it was. If you are really interested in the story, and you want to ask a question about the moments that you didn't understand, you can write to the group in the discord. I will be glad to answer your questions.

About the long delays in updates.

There are people who understand how long this process takes, and there are those who do not know what the problem is to make a quick update. I will just give some examples of my own.

Scene: setting up the scene in general. Add the right objects and remove the wrong ones . The correction of many small details.

Characters : find the right one, adjust textures, create and adjust morphs, adjust shaders, apply and correct almost every position. For each render, change the facial expression.

Adjust the lighting and cameras. If you change the position of the characters in the location, then you need to reconfigure the lights and sometimes shaders for skin and more.

I admit that I have a lot of mistakes in renderings, but I still try to pay a lot of attention to details (stretching, removing clothes, dents on pillows, on the bed, etc.) it is done manually.

Sometimes some scenes are loaded for a long time in the previewer. And it takes a lot of time to configure the scene for 1 rendering.

Overnight my video card can process about 4-6 renders. Sometimes I have to rework some of them.

After that, I process each rendering in Photoshop and other programs.

Then under these renderings I write dialogues, so that the mimic and emotions of the characters as clearly as possible resemble the dialogues themselves. In the process of all this, the story is rewritten several times, the plot changes.

There are many different buggies and sorties in the Daz program. Especially with animations.



Right now I am working on additional content for the novel. This project will be called "Memory Room". In this room there will be an Album with photos, where some moments from the past MC will be shown. Letters, which will also display part of the story and the feelings of other characters for MC. And a diary, in which the MC will write down his memories and guesses. These memories will help to reveal the whole story in more detail.
I will gradually fill this room with content, and every month you will receive an update for it.
Involuntary memory (5$) - Letters
Arbitrary memory ($10) - Letters, diary entries
Emotional memory ($ 20) - Letters, diary entries, photos with history
I will try to make the next update faster, but then I will have to reduce the number of renderings and content.
The next part of the third episode is already in development.
I wish everyone good health and success in personal life.

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will there be shota works in your game? promising stuffs tbh
 
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Interesting game! - I like the game and the girls in this game!
Need to choose which of the girls to interact with! Therefore, I chose to interact with Amanda, Lisa, Catherine + (it would also be interesting with the girl that MC saved from the truck)!
I hope everything will be great with MC and girls! (Good game endings are important to me!)
 
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